[extropy-chat] exit polls

[Damien Broderick]

At 07:47 AM 10/4/2006 -0700, Spike wrote:

>My notion is that typically any election is nearly balanced, with voters
>45-55-ish split.  But some areas will go 80 to 90 percent one way (think DC
>again).  Those areas are highly influential in the balance, because they
>also tend to be very densely packed.  If pollsters are afraid to go in
>there, they don't get counted in exit polls.

And this explains the *under*-representation of voters for "rightist" 
candidates in such exit polls? (Or have I misunderstood your claim?)

Damien Broderick